Horse-collar.



W. P. GELABERT.

HORSE COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26, 1913,

1,07 ,140, v Patented N0v. 11, 1913.

Inventpr Attorneys WILLIAM PETER GELABERT, OF FULTON, MISSOURI.

HORSE-COLLAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Nov. 11,1913;

Application filed February 26, 1913. Serial No. 750,900.

To all whom it may concern i Be it known that LWILLIAM P. GELABERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fulton, in the county of Callaway and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Horse-Collar, of which the following is a specification. 7 V

The device forming the subject matter of this application, is a means for connect ng the ends of a horse collar, the device being so constructed that the pad is held thereby upon the collar. r

One object of the invention is to provide novel means for connecting the ends of the collar.

Another object of the invention 1s to provide novel means for holding the pad upon the collar.

The invention aims further, to provide a novel cooperation between the locking means which holds the'ends of the collar, and the means whereby the pad is held upon the collar. It is within the scope of the invention to improve generally, and to enhance the utility of, devices of that type to which the present, invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing :Figure 1 shows the invention in side elevation;Fig. 2 is a top plan; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section; Fig. 4 is a transverse section on 'theline 11 of Fig. 8; and Fig. 5 is a transverse section of one end of the collar, sundry parts-of the locking mechanism appearing in elevation. V

In the drawings, one end of the horse collar is shown and denoted by the numeral 1, the other end of the horse collar being denoted by the numeral 2. A plate 3 extends transversely of the end 2 of the collar, the plate 3 beingheld in place by rivets 4 or in any other appropriate manner. The plate 3 is provided with a transverse slot 5.

The invention further includes a keeper denoted generally by the numeral 6, the keeper comprising an open, looped shaped head 7 and a shank 8, the shank 8 being? rotatably mounted in the slot 5 of the plate 3. The shank 8 terminates in a button 9- which is disposed below'the plate. 3, the obvious function of the button 9 being to: retain the keeper 6 in the plate 3.

Mounted upon the end 1 of the collar 1 is an attaching member which may take the form of a plate 10, held in place by means of rivets 11. In the rear end of the plate 10 there is a notch 12, and the material which is freed in forming the notch 12 is bent forwardly to'form a lip 14 which lies beneath the attaching plate 10, this detail being most clearly discernable in Fig. 3.

The attaching plate 10 is provided adjacent its forward end with a transverse slot 15. A flexible locking tongue 16 is provided, the same ordinarily being fashioned from leather. The tongue 16 is extended through the slot 15 so that the rear end of the tongue lies beneath the attaching plate 10 and above the lip 14. A fastening device 17 which may be a rivet or cotter pin extends through the rear end of the tongue.

16 and through the attaching plate 10. The, lip 14: lies below one end of the fastening devicel? and constitutes an abutment therefor.

A holding tongue 18 is provided, thesame ordinarily being fashioned from metal. At

hook 19 which is pivotally engaged in the slot 15 of the attaching plate 10. The

tongue 18 is provided with one or more transverse openings 20 any one of which openings, for the purpose of adjustment, is adapted to receive the head 7 of the keeper 6. The free end of the tongue 16 lies on top of the tongue 18 and is extended through the open head 7 of the keeper 6,

as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. When the keeper 6 is engaged in the opening 20 in thetongue 18, a separation of the ends l and 2 of the collar will be prevented, and the tongue 18 will be'p'revented from swinging its rear end, the tongue .18 terminates in a off the keeper 6 by reason of the fact that openings22. I JA tie 23 is provided, which may be a strap of metal. As mdlcated at 245 and shown most clearly in Fig. 4, the intermediate portion of the'tie 23 lies betweentheipad and the end lof the collar. As

shown at 25, the free ends of the tie 23 are extended outwardly through the openings 22 in the pad. 'The ends of theitie '23 pass j thence beneath the edges of the attaching '10 f'shown at 26, through openings '27 in the plate 10, and are extended outwardly, as

plate 10.. "Theends of the tie 23 are overlapped upon each other andare disposed on V top'of the plate'lO, as indicated at 28. In

the {ends of the tie there are openings 29 adaptedto be engaged by the fastening device 17, and. the end of the fastening device is clenched down,'as indicated at ,.upon

" the overlappediends 28 0f. the tie 23,1".his detailabeing mostclearly disclosed injFig, 2.

:From the foregoing-1t Wlll be seenthat the .devicehereinbefore described comprises a novel means for holdingthe ends 1 and 2 of the horse collar together, a novel; means :being provided for maintaining the pad 21 assembled with the e'nd 1 of the collar. The .parts of the two; mechanisms. above: de-

scribed, cooperate in a novel manner to reinforce the entire structure,

is claimed is e v V y c 1. In a device of the ClZlSSfilBSCllbQd, a col- 7 Having thus. described the'invention, what larf; .an attaching member on oneend of the a 7 coilar;-means for detachably uniting. the attachingmember with the other end of the collar; a pad-applied-t thefirst specified rend-ofthe collar; atieconneetedto the pad- 1 1 and'extended across the attaching. member;

a fastening device. cOnnectingthe tie with the; attaching member the attaching mem ber hav-ing a tongue extending beneath the' fasteningjdevice.

" 2. Inf'a device ofthe class described, a

the col lar; means for detachably uniting the firstspecified end of the collar, the ends of the tie being; extended outwardly through the openings inthe pad and being extended 1 beneath the attaching member, there being openings inqthe attaching member, through V which openings the ends of the tie are out- T wsirdlyextended, the ends of 'the tie being i overlapped uponthe top of the attaching 7 member and a fastening device connecting the overlapped ends of the tie with the attaching member.

. being'extended beneaththe attaching member, there being openings 1n the attaching member, through whlch openings the ends of the tie are outwardly extended, the ends of the .tie being'overlapped upon the top of the attaching member, anda fastening device connecting the overlapped ends of the tie with the attaching member; the attaching member being provided with a tongue which is extended beneath the fastening device. I

t. In a device of the class described, an attaching member provided with an opening; a holding tongue pivotally mountedin the opening and providedwith. an aperture; a keeper engaged in. the aperture; a flexible locking. tongue engaged beneath the attachmg member and having its free end ex tended outwardly through the opening, the free end of the locking tongue being engaged through the keeper. 7

5. In a device of the classdescribed; an at taching member; a holding tongue pivoted 'to'the attaching member; a keeper engaged -with the holding tongue; a flexible locking .tongueextended through the keeper, one end of the lockingtongue lying adjacent the attaching member, the attaching member being provided with a lip extended beneath the locking tongue; and a fastening device connected with the lockingtonguc andwith the attaching member, the lip constituting a'n'abutment for the fastening device.

6. In a dev1ce of the class described, an

attaching member; a tongue; a tie; a single means uniting the attaching member, the

tie and-tongue; a keeper cooperating with the tongue; and a pad engaged by the tie.

' In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as'my own, Ihave hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

'WILLIAM, PETER GELABERT. V Witnesses: v

J. A.;MCPHERSON, V I. V. HOLMAN.

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